Unusually, I disagree with my hon. Friend. If we go back to the years of Wilberforce, or the time of the American civil war, Members of Parliament quite often campaigned and voted against the Executive's line. The Government would lose major pieces of legislation, but the Government did not fail; they carried on. That was what Parliament was supposed to do.
House of Commons Disqualification (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Bone
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 9 September 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on House of Commons Disqualification (Amendment) Bill.
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